Keyboard

Torrenta is meant to be run from the keyboard. The mouse works everywhere, but nothing needs it.

The full list of commands and their chords is on the Keybindings page. This page covers the rules behind them and the keys that belong to one part of the window.

The principles

Every action is a command. A command has one name, one key and one action, and the menu bar, the list’s right-click menu, the toolbar and the palette all run the same command. A command that cannot run right now is disabled in all of them at once.
Chords are declared once, on the menu item, so the menu and the key cannot disagree. A chord is Ctrl+key on Linux and Windows and Cmd+key on macOS. Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab are Ctrl everywhere, since Cmd+Tab belongs to macOS.
Some keys act on the list only. Space (pause or resume), Delete or Backspace (remove), Shift+Delete (remove with data) and F2 (rename) work while the list has the focus, never as window-wide keys. A space typed into the omnibox is just a space.
The chrome never takes the focus. The omnibox, the sidebar and the toolbar are skipped by Tab; Ctrl+K and Ctrl+B reach the first two.
Every action applies to the whole selection. Ctrl+A selects all, and Enter in the omnibox selects every match.

The command palette

Alt+X opens the palette: every command, found by typing part of its name. The matched letters are highlighted, and each row shows its key, so the palette is also how you learn them. ↑ ↓ move, Enter runs, Esc closes.

Settings → General → Keyboard can make the key Ctrl+Shift+P instead. Typing > in the omnibox opens the palette too, with what you typed.

The palette also has commands with no key, such as Show: Downloading and the other sidebar statuses, Run RSS Rules Now, Switch engine profile…, Toggle Toolbar and Debug Log.

The omnibox

Ctrl+K or Ctrl+F. See The transfer list for the filter terms.

Key	Does
`Space` after a `key:value` term	Turns it into a chip
`Backspace` on an empty box	Hands the last chip back for editing
`>` first	Opens the palette with what you typed
`Enter`	Selects every match and returns to the list
`Esc`	Empties the box, or returns to the list when it is empty

On the list, Esc clears the filter first, then the selection.

Ctrl+B focuses it, Ctrl+Shift+B shows or hides it.

Key	Does
`↑` `↓`	Walk every section
`Space`	Make the entry its section’s choice
`Enter`	Choose it and return to the list
`Esc`	Return to the list without choosing
`←` `→`	Fold or unfold a section

Views

Key	Does
`Ctrl+1`, `Ctrl+2`, `Ctrl+3`	Transfers, Search, RSS
`Ctrl+Tab` / `Ctrl+Shift+Tab`	Next / previous view
`Esc` in Search or RSS	Back to the transfers

Each view takes the focus as it opens: the list, the search query, or the articles (the feeds while there are none).

The Add dialog

Key	Does
`Enter`	Add (for a magnet still fetching: Add now, pick files when ready)
`Shift+Enter`	Add paused (the other way round when Start paused is the default)
`Ctrl+Enter`	Wait here for the magnet’s file list
`Esc`	Cancel

In its file tree:

Key	Does
`Space`	Tick or untick the file or folder
`+` / `−`	Step the priority: Skip, Low, Normal, High
`←` `→`	Fold or unfold a folder

The Search tab

Key	Where	Does
`Enter`	Query	Search every chosen provider
`Tab`	Anywhere	Move between the query, the chip rows and the results
`Space`	A chip	Toggle it
`Down`	Query	Into the results
`Enter`	A result	Open the Add dialog for it
`Ctrl+C`	A result	Copy its link
`Esc`	Results	Back to the query

The RSS tab

Key	Does
Arrows	Walk the feeds and the articles; `←` `→` move between the two lists
`Down` in the filter box	Into the articles
`Enter`	Open the Add dialog for the article’s torrent
`M`	Toggle read
`Shift+M`	Mark the feed read
`N`	Add a feed (`Ctrl+N` is still New Torrent)
`F5` / `Shift+F5`	Refresh the feed / every feed
`Delete` in the feed list	Remove the feed, after asking
`Ctrl+C`	Copy the torrent or the page link

Elsewhere

Messages (Ctrl+Shift+M): ↑ ↓ move, Ctrl+C copies, Esc closes.
Settings (Ctrl+,): Esc clears the search first, then closes the window.
Event Log (Ctrl+Shift+L), Statistics (Ctrl+Shift+T) and Debug Log each open in a window of their own.